Cameroon , toilet outage and its deadly effects
The Bamenda Main Market (in the city where I live) has approximately 5000 traders occupying about one thousand shops. The traders in the market and the thousands of people who shop there have access to just four toilets provided by the local council. Some inner city apartments don’t have toilets […]
Vacancies at Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS)
Association Camerounaise pour le Marketing Social (ACMS) is an affiliate and platform of Population Services International, with programs in malaria, reproductive health, child survival, safe water, diarrhea, and HIV prevention and treatment. PSI/Cameroon promotes health products, services and healthy behaviors that enable low-income and vulnerable people to lead healthier lives. […]
UN Women, Civil Society Advisory Group Joins ‘Bringbackourgirls’ Campaign
By Leocadia Bongben Cameroon United Nations Women Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and their Civil Society Advisory Group has added their voice to the global campaign for the release of the kidnapped Chibok girls. Boko Haram, an Islamic sect preaching against western education and instilling terror in […]
Erykah Badu traces roots to Cameroon
Erykah Badu traces roots to Cameroon
Mussa | May 26, 2014 | Woman eh | No Comments
baduErykah Badu recently took a DNA test to determine the country and even tribe where her ancestors came from. The test results prove that she is from the Bamileke tribe of the West Region of Cameroon.
Erykah Badu aka Badoula Oblongata; aka Sara Bellum; aka Maria Manuela Mexico; aka Annie the Alchemist; aka Fat Belly Bella; aka DJ Lo Down
Time to educate Cameroonian men about women’s rights
This article was originally published by Thomson Reuters Foundation on Fri,20 April 2012. Author: George Fominyen Men have to be involved in efforts geared at ending violence against women in Cameroon, the head of an association working with males to end violent and aggressive behavior against women, has said. […]
Job opportunity @ GP-DERUDEP
The Grassfield Participatory & Decentralized Rural Development Project (GP-DERUDEP) is recruiting a Chief of Antenna to be based in Widikum in the North West Region of Cameroon The Government of the Republic of Cameroon has received financing from the African Development Fund to cover the cost for the Support Project […]
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT – Internship position
Action Foundation (AFCIG) is offering a two-month professional internship position “Projects Intern” from May 26 to July 26, 2014. Internship Position: Projects Intern Application deadline: May 16, 2014 Internship start date: May 26, 2014 Internship end date: July 26, 2014 About the Internship Position The Project Intern shall be initiated […]
Daring to Invent the future – Kah Walla
There were other women before her. We saw one in 1992, we saw another in 2004 but she was the first woman whose presidential bid in Cameroon drew national and international attention. Kidnapping and water cannons could not stop her. Blackmail, slander, corruption & other vices, which play against other […]
African Union Scholarship for Female Students in Africa, 2014
The Commission of the African Union is offering Scholarship for female students to study in reputable African Universities. Study Subject (s): Scholarships are awarded in following fields of study; Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Education Science. Course Level: Scholarships are awarded to pursue postgraduate level for Masters and PhD programmes at African Universities. […]
Speaking up is just one part of the solution.
Although advocates for women’s rights in Cameroon encourage rape victims to speak out, socio economic realities on the ground still makes it difficult for victims to seek for justice. Recently, I came face to face with this reality as we tried to help a close friend who had been raped. […]